BOULDER, Colo. - Deputies believe they have arrested the "primary source" of Boulder's surging heroin supply, possibly dismantling an operation that contributed to nine overdose deaths there last year. "It was a nice catch," Sgt. Brian Lindsey of the Boulder County Drug Task Force said Thursday. Boulder police pulled over Rigoberto Lerma-Flores, 22, and Blanca Margarita Barrera, 18, on a traffic violation Wednesday after undercover detectives following the suspects told police that the pair's sport utility vehicle was tied to several drug transactions in downtown Boulder. During the traffic stop near Boulder High School, the suspects were arrested and charged with possession with the intent to distribute cocaine and heroin. Officers found 68 balloons and four plastic sandwich bags filled with about 17 grams of black tar heroin and Mexican brown powder heroin as well as almost 16 grams of cocaine. The drugs were worth about $3,000. Officers also confiscated a "large amount" of cash. Lerma-Flores told deputies that he had been distributing heroin and cocaine in Colorado for more than a year, Lindsey said. While deputies said it is impossible to tell whether Lerma-Flores sold the heroin involved in the city's recent fatal heroin overdoses, "The majority of heroin coming to Boulder was from him," Lindsey said. The arrest is the highlight of an investigation into heroin activity that the task force launched in January in response to the heroin deaths. Six Boulder County people have died from overdoses of the drug since October. Boulder County saw seven heroin-related deaths in 2005, and four each in 2003 and 2004, according to the Boulder County Coroner's Office. Officials said they hope the development means that the area's heroin problems will taper off. Deputies said Lerma-Flores has admitted that he was the "boss" of another man arrested this week as part of the heroin investigation. On Tuesday police arrested Emanuel Pena-Masiel, 23, after an undercover detective recognized him. He was arrested for driving without a valid driver's license and for an outstanding warrant from the city of Boulder. With his runner in jail, Lerma-Flores came to town from Colorado Springs the next day to distribute the drugs himself, Lindsey said.
Information From: Rocky Mountain News
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